Gum Trees, 2005

oil on canvas

98.5 x 52 cm; 102 x 55.5 cm frame

$5,500

Provenance: The Collection of Gordon and Elaine Syron, NSW
Artwork story: This work is part of the Invasion Day series. A party of invading Red Coats departs the shore by boat. In the background, Aboriginal men hang eerily, forming an almost waterfall-like cascade of bodies left behind in the wake of the Red Coats’ violence.